VocabularyHSK 3 · core

火车

huǒchē

train

Part of speech · noun

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火fire

車car

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Examples

我坐火车去上海。
I go to Shanghai by train.
火车站在哪儿?
Where is the train station?

Collocations

坐火车火车站高铁

Mnemonic

火车 huǒchē "train" — 火 (fire) + 车 (vehicle). Etymology from steam engines. Modern high-speed rail: 高铁 gāotiě (literally "high iron"). False friend with Korean "hwacha" (cargo car).

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